करिष्यामीति संश्रुत्य प्रतिज्ञां हातुमर्हसि । स भवान् केसरी भूत्वा मृगतामिव वाञ्छसि ॥ २ ॥
kariṣyāmīti saṁśrutya pratijñāṁ hātumarhasi | sa bhavān kēsarī bhūtvā mṛgatāmiva vāñchasi || 2 ||
Translation
"Having promised 'I will do it', you now want to abandon your pledge. You, a lion, wish to become a deer.
Word by word
- kariṣyāmi
- I will do it
- iti
- thus
- saṁśrutya
- having promised
- pratijñāṁ
- your pledge
- hātum
- to abandon
- arhasi
- you want
- sa
- (saḥ) that
- bhavān
- you
- kēsarī
- a lion
- bhūtvā
- being
- mṛgatām
- a deer
- iva
- as it were
- vāñchasi
- wish to become
Meaning
Another commentary reads mṛga here as the jackal, the coward among beasts: the lion of kings is turning jackal.